About Otto, Count of Cleves
Lived 1278 – 1310 (aged 31–32). Otto, Count of Cleves was an aristocrat.
Otto (1278 – October 29, 1310) was Count of Cleves from 1305 through 1310.
Otto was the eldest son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves (1256–1305) and his first wife Margaret of Guelders.
His first marriage was to Adelheid van der Marck, daughter of Engelbert I, Count of the Mark.
Later he married Mechteld von Virneburg, a niece of Heinrich II of Virneburg. They had one daughter Irmgard of Cleves, who married Adolph II of the Marck and later John IV of Arkel.
When he died, at Horstmar, in 1310 he was succeeded by his half-brother Dietrich VIII.
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Who was Otto, Count of Cleves?
1274 - before 24 Feb 1311
When was Otto, Count of Cleves born?
Otto, Count of Cleves was born in 1278.
When did Otto, Count of Cleves die?
Otto, Count of Cleves died on 29 October 1310 in Horstmar.
What was Otto, Count of Cleves's occupation?
Otto, Count of Cleves was an aristocrat.
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